iasc1, m. (gs. & npl. éisc, gpl. ~).Coll:Sing: Fish. 1. ~ (uisce) abhann, locha, river, lake, fish; freshwater fish. ~ farraige, mara, sea-fish. ~ cladaigh, talún, inshore fish. ~ garbh, species of large fish (cod, pollock, etc.) ~ grinnill, eiligeach, demersal, pelagic, fish. ~ dorú, saighne, fish caught with line, seine. ~ buí, dried fish. ~ glas, greenfish, pollock, etc. ~ geal, white-fish. ~ goirt, saillte, salt fish. ~ úr, fresh fish. ~ mór, large cured fish (cod, ling, etc.). ~ gréine, sunfish. ~ órga, goldfish. ~ sliogáin, ~ sliogánach, shellfish. 2. ~ bradáin, flesh of salmon. Feoil is ~ a dhéanamh díobh, to make fish of one and flesh of another. 3. ~ as uisce i do bhéal! (To one using coarse language) Restrain your tongue!
iasc2, v.t. & i. (vn. ~ach, pp. ~tha). Fish. D’~ siad feadh na hoíche, they fished all night. Tá an abhainn ~tha againn, we have fished the river. Ar ~adh libh? Did you catch fish, succeed in your quest? Ag ~ach ar dhuine, fishing for information from s.o.